Commercy

Commercy, chief town of district, with a college and 4,000 inhabitants, are small and pretty situee city on left bank of the Meuse, in a delicious landscape. One notices there his old castle, which belonged to the family of Gondi, and which the cardinal of Retz sold to the dukes of Lorraine; Stanislas made a splendid residence of it; it is a barracks of cavalry today. Commercy makes trade of grains, wood, oils, and one manufactures candles there, iron and cakes re-elect.

It is close to this city, has City-Issey, that the cardinal of Retz composed his memories.

Source: Universal geography By Malta-Brown Conrad, Lavallee 1868.

Description

commercy, French city Department of meuse with 67 historical sites listed or simply studied for their remarkable character.

Our database currently includes 67 elements for heritage commercy. You will find the menu and footer links leading you on the description sheets.

Slaughterhouse, French Heritage monument to Commercy 1
Slaughterhouses built from 1849 to 1852 by Charles Didolot, contractor in Commercy on Villers plans, architect at St. Mihiel, with the collaboration of pierre (...) Slaughterhouse, French Heritage monument to Commercy

Kiosk, French Heritage monument to Commercy 29
Booth built between 1906 and 1908 by Charles Pantz, contractor for Mousson, on small Didier plans, architect in Commercy, destroyed in (...) Kiosk, French Heritage monument to Commercy

Wash-house, French Heritage monument to Commercy 30
Wash-house built on the canal from the forges of 1852 to 1854 by Didolot, contractor in Commercy, on the plans of pierre Augustin Lerouge, architect in (...) Wash-house, French Heritage monument to Commercy

Fodder store, French Heritage monument to Commercy 32
Former store in fodder of cavalry headquarters housed in the Castle, built by entrepreneurs Joseph Dubois and Jean - Nicolas Michael in 1777. Sold by the State (...) Fodder store, French Heritage monument to Commercy